If they keep pushing this issue, I
will be going back to this:
And I
will be driving on public roads too, slowing down their super-fast battery powered toy cars, and then I
will be laughing when they run over horse manure and slide into the ditch!
LOL, first they WILL make you put a manure catcher under you horses rear and you will be responsible for any that hits the deck. Many sections of roadway have a minimum speed. The good old days of horse manure on the roadways is long gone.
But, hey the Amish are still using horses. Of course they pay us "moderns" to drive them whenever they go over a few miles. There is an Amish community just 15 miles from here, I see Amish in town all the time. I have yet to see any come to town on a horse or by wagon. My brother lives about the same distance from another Amish community. Same thing there.
There are lots and lots of horses and riders around here. In Montana there are nearly 130,000 registered (by breed) horses, nobody has any clue as to how many unregistered ones. Probably a horse for every 5 people in this state. Here, in our town, we have a lot of hitching post on the main drag. We are a very relaxed community, rule wise, I see 4 wheeler and drive my side by side on the street all the time. But, except for parades about the only time I see a horse in town is in the winter, a guy will get out his sleigh from time to time. Wonder why that is, can't be because it takes time and is a pain to saddle or hitch up a horse, they are slow, not as comfortable, leak real bad when it rains, have no air conditioning or heater, can it? You can't just turn the key off on them either
A good horse travels at about 50 miles per day and I don't imagine many hotels or motels have stables anymore. The feed, the barn, the farrier and vet will add up. You can park a internal combustion or a EV and it will just sit there, a horse will continue to eat drink and exhaust day in day out. If you think a 8" spot of oil on the garage floor is ugly wait till you use a horse. I imagine your trash service will probably say no to that big load of manure your gonna need to get rid of every week too.
Good luck. LOL